Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today, Nov. 30, 2012, at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline, with Rev. Brian Baker officiating. Visitation was held from 12:30 until service time today at the funeral home. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Marceline. Pallbearers were Garrett, Ryan and Christian McCluskey, Mark Dorrell, Mike Dorrell and Benjamin Lile.

Memorials to Marceline Nutrition Center may be left at or mailed to the funeral home at 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, Mo. 64658.

Robert was born May 30, 1928, in Marceline, son of Jack and Nova (Snowden) McCluskey. He married Shirley Fields on April 22, 1961, in Marceline.

Robert was a truck driver and a member of Marceline First Baptist Church. He was a Marceline resident all of his life.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley McCluskey, of the home in Marceline; two sons and daughters-in-law, Greg and Gena McCluskey, Moberly, and Darrin and Sarah McCluskey, Marceline; a sister, Betty Roberts, Kansas City; and five grandchildren, Garrett McCluskey, St. Louis, Ryan and wife, Amanda McCluskey Moberly, Christian McCluskkey, Columbia, and Kaleb McCluskey and Ashlyn McCluskey, Marceline.

He was preceded in death by his parents; six brothers, Haskel, Benton, Ezra, Ellison, Gerald and Carl; and six sisters, Alice, Evelyn, Verlie, Mabel, Lillian and Helen.